Re: Top posting

In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Steve B <netuser49@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Regarding top-posting versus bottom-posting, I share the same sentiment as
> Dr WireMORE. I find that I have to spend unnecessary time following
> threads, as folks often leave too much information within the posts
> (regardless of whether or not they top- or bottom-post). I am already
> following whatever thread is in question, so having to scroll through text
> that I've already read consumes my time.
>

That is because you are supposed to snip out the parts you are not
responding too [without overly post editting the original]. Definitely,
bottom posting is easier to follow a conversation as it goes from old to
new. It is rarely enjoyable to read from the bottom up!

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In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Carey Gregory <tiredofspam123@comcast.net> wrote:
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> I really don't care what you use. I simply disagreed with your assessment
> that OE was "second to none."
>

It is second to last ... with none being last.

:-)

OE is a really poor news reader [one which I was unfortunately enough to
use for quite sometime]. There is a patch that is good for OE [sorry if
it was posted already].
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ This make life more
endurable for those of us forced to read OE posts and it make life
easier for those that post with OE.

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"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71@yahoo.com> wrote:

>It is second to last ... with none being last.

I agree. Frankly, it's fairly obvious that the folks who designed OE had
little or no experience with usenet and didn't understand even the basics
(defaulting to HTML proves that).

>OE is a really poor news reader [one which I was unfortunately enough to
>use for quite sometime]. There is a patch that is good for OE [sorry if
>it was posted already].
>http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ This make life more
>endurable for those of us forced to read OE posts and it make life
>easier for those that post with OE.

Yep, used it and it works great.

The very fact that somebody had to spend his time creating a program to fix
the product of a huge corporation should tell you everything you need to
know about OE. Seems to me they hired the wrong people and should have
hired this guy instead http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/

In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Al Klein <rukbat@verizon.org> wrote:
>>
>>If the poster's comment is that oblique, AND he quotes more than a
>>screenful, you should just skip it and go on to the next post.
>
> Your experience on usenet is evidently limited to short posts.

Actually, I tend to agree .. if somebody can't snip out the irrellavent
text, they are lazy and I think that what they have to say must be
reflected upon in that light.

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"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
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> In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Al Klein <rukbat@verizon.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>If the poster's comment is that oblique, AND he quotes more than a
> >>screenful, you should just skip it and go on to the next post.
> >
> > Your experience on usenet is evidently limited to short posts.
>
> Actually, I tend to agree .. if somebody can't snip out the irrellavent
> text, they are lazy and I think that what they have to say must be
> reflected upon in that light.
>
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You guys are getting rather snotty. I would politely request you take
your debate out of alt.med.ems. Unless you are the same trolls who have
been haunting this group for the past many months.

Dave Scruggs

On 12 Nov 2004 14:51:56 GMT, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71@yahoo.com>
said in alt.cellular:

>In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Al Klein <rukbat@verizon.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>If the poster's comment is that oblique, AND he quotes more than a
>>>screenful, you should just skip it and go on to the next post.
>>
>> Your experience on usenet is evidently limited to short posts.
>
>Actually, I tend to agree .. if somebody can't snip out the irrellavent
>text

You also seem to confuse "long" and "irrelevant". They're not the
same thing.

David Scruggs <bcfd36@rescuenet.com> wrote:

>You guys are getting rather snotty. I would politely request you take
>your debate out of alt.med.ems. Unless you are the same trolls who have
>been haunting this group for the past many months.

No, they merely got sucked in by the troll and created an endless thread
that is definitely cross-posted inappropriately, which is way worse than top
or bottom posting and exactly what the troll hoped to achieve.

Yes, I admit to replying on this thread a couple of times myself, but I also
pointed out several times that it's a troll thread and off-topic for every
group it's posted to.

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In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Carey Gregory <tiredofspam123@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> No, they merely got sucked in by the troll and created an endless thread
> that is definitely cross-posted inappropriately, which is way worse than top
> or bottom posting and exactly what the troll hoped to achieve.
>
> Yes, I admit to replying on this thread a couple of times myself, but I also
> pointed out several times that it's a troll thread and off-topic for every
> group it's posted to.
>

I for one didn't even see the cross-post, but it is a dead topic, so
follow-ups have been set :-)

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